Dover 200 - Dover International Speedway

Bowyer Wins First of the Season
Clint Bowyer won the Dover 200 to pick up his first NASCAR Busch Series victory of 2006 and the ninth win of the season for his car owner Richard Childress. Bowyer became the sixteenth different winner in the series this year. Scott Riggs drove his Evernham Motorsports Dodge to the pole and led for the first 41 laps until Martin Truex Jr. took the front spot. Series point leader Kevin Harvick started deep in the field but worked his way up through the pack to finish third after a late race duel with runner-up Matt Kenseth. A record-setting 13 cautions slowed the field with the usual spins and a few wall bumping incidents. Reed Sorenson finished sixth after spinning off the fourth turn into the inside wall on the frontstretch at the checkered flag. The several spins were due in part to what the drivers termed a lack of grip in the track surface. No injuries were reported.. The top six drivers put on a terrific show for the crowd around the lap 170 mark with Kenseth, Truex Jr. Jamie McMurray., Boyer and Harvick running under close quarters for the lead. Bowyer surged to the front of the field on Lap 182. Bowyer and Kenseth worked their way through lapped traffic with Kenseth gathering ground on race-leader Bowyer as he cut a path through the back markers. Truex Jr. brought out the thirteenth and final caution with two laps to go when he spun off turn four after getting high in the turn and connecting with the “marbles”. This set up the ninth green-white-checker finish for the NASCAR Busch Series in 2006. Bowyer got a good jump at the green on lap 200 and held it to the finish for the win. Rounding out the top ten finishers were Bowyer, Kenseth, Harvick, McMurray, Jason Leffler, Sorenson, Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle, J.J. Yeley and Michael Waltrip. Kevin Harvick extends his point lead by a margin of 699 markers over Carl Edwards. Denny Hamlin, Bowyer and Yeley make up the top five with series regular Paul Menard in sixth. The NASCAR Busch Series heads west to Kansas Speedway for next week’s Yellow Transportation 300. TNT will broadcast the event beginning at 3 pm eastern.

Dover 200 Notes

· Race Results · Rookie Post-Race Quotes · Point Standings · Owner Point Standings · Starting Lineup · Qualifying Results · Final Practice · Practice 2: Rookie Practice · Practice 1 · Qualifying Order · Entry List · Race Notes · Weekend Schedule · Raybestos Rookie Notes · Sean Caisse Notes · David Ragan Notes · Casey Atwood Notes · Shane Huffman Notes · Steve Wallace Notes

· Kevin Harvick Notes · Carl Edwards Notes · Clint Bowyer Notes · Kyle Busch Notes · Greg Biffle Notes · Reed Sorenson Notes · Jason Leffler Notes · Kenny Wallace Notes · Burney Lamar Notes · Stacy Compton Notes · Todd Kluever Notes · Matt Kenseth Notes · Jamie McMurray Notes · Tim Sauter Notes · Scott Riggs Notes · Ken Schrader Notes · Dave Blaney Notes · Auggie Vidovich Notes · Stephen Leicht Notes

Riggs on Busch Pole at Dover Downs
Scott Riggs will lead the field to the green flag for today’s Dover 200 at Dover International Speedway. Riggs qualified in 23.256 seconds, at an average speed of 154.799 mph, to capture his first NASCAR Busch Series pole position in his 7th start of 2006. Casey Atwood laid down a qualifying lap in 23.504 seconds, at an average of 153.165 mph, and will start on the outside pole for the Dover 200. Regan Smith will role off from the 3rd position, while Greg Biffle and Paul Menard will start 4th and 5th respectfully.